Groups Seek Fayetteville A&P Money

Commission To Distribute Tax Proceeds Next Month

STAFF PHOTO DAVID GOTTSCHALK Marilyn Heifner, executive director of the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission, speaks Monday with Mike Schultz, with the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour in the Fayetteville Town Center. Sixteen event organizers and nonprofit groups met with and made their case for why their event should receive a portion of more than $225,000 in hotel, motel and restaurant tax money from the commission during a meet and greet event with the commissioners.

Sixteen event organizers and nonprofit groups made their pitch Monday for more than $225,000 from the Advertising and Promotion Commission.